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Philip Larkin Quotes

Joy Is for the simple or the great to feel, Neither of which we are Picture Quote #1

Life is first boredom, then fear, Picture Quote #1

Nothing, like something, happens anywhere Picture Quote #1

A good meal can somewhat repair / The eatings of slight love Picture Quote #1

I have no enemies. But my friends don’t like me Picture Quote #1

What was the rock my gliding childhood struck Picture Quote #1

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Something, like nothing, happens anywhere Picture Quote #1

...the breath that sharpens life is life itself Picture Quote #1

Boys dream of native girls who bring breadfruit, Whatever they are Picture Quote #1

The difficult part of love Is being selfish enough Picture Quote #1

Death: the anaesthetic from which none come round Picture Quote #1

I’m terrified of the thought of time passing (or whatever is meant by that phrase) whether I ‘do’ anything or not. In a way I may believe, deep down, that doing nothing acts as a brake on ‘time’s - it doesn’t of course. It merely adds the torment of having done nothing, when the time comes when it really doesn’t matter if you’ve done anything or not Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t choose poetry: poetry chose me Picture Quote #1

The way the moon dashes through clouds that blow Loosely as cannon-smoke... Is a reminder of the strength and pain Of being young; that it can’t come again, But is for others undiminished somewhere Picture Quote #1

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don’t you think Picture Quote #1

Get stewed: Books are a load of crap Picture Quote #1

Superstition, like belief, must die Picture Quote #1

Life is first boredom, then fear Picture Quote #1

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I think that at the bottom of all art lies the impulse to preserve Picture Quote #1

What are days for? Days are where we live Picture Quote #1

Here silence stands Like heat. Here leaves unnoticed thicken, Hidden weeds flower, neglected waters quicken, Luminously-peopled air ascends; And past the poppies bluish neutral distance Ends the land suddenly beyond a beach Of shapes and shingle. Here is unfenced existence: Facing the sun, untalkative, out of reach Picture Quote #1

What are days for? Days are where we live. They come, they wake us Time and time over. Theyare to be happy in: Where can we live but days? Picture Quote #1

I listen to money singing, it’s like looking down from long French windows at a provincial town. The slums, the canal, the churches ornate and mad in the evening sun. It is intensely sad Picture Quote #1

Spring, of all seasons most gratuitous, Is fold of untaught flower, is race of water, Is earth’s most multiple, excited daughter; And those she has least use for see her best, Their paths grown craven and circuitous, Their visions mountain-clear, their needs immodest Picture Quote #1

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Poetry is an affair of sanity, of seeing things as they are, to recreate the familar,eternalizing the poet’s own poerception in unique and original verbal form Picture Quote #1

Courage is no good: It means not scaring others. Being brave Lets no one off the grave. Death is no different whined at than withstood Picture Quote #1

Home is so sad. It stays as it was left, / Shaped to the comfort of the last to go / As if to win them back Picture Quote #1

My mother, who hates thunderstorms, Holds up each summer day and shakes It out suspiciously, lest swarms Of grape-dark clouds are lurking there Picture Quote #1

I wonder love can have already set In dreams, when we’ve not met More times than I can number on one hand Picture Quote #1

A writer once said to me, If you ever go to America, go either to the East Coast or the West Coast: The rest is a desert full of bigots. That’s what I think I’d like . . . a version of pastoral Picture Quote #1

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Joy Is for the simple or the great to feel, Neither of which we are (Philip Larkin Quotes) Life is first boredom, then fear, (Philip Larkin Quotes) Nothing, like something, happens anywhere (Philip Larkin Quotes) A good meal can somewhat repair / The eatings of slight love (Philip Larkin Quotes) I have no enemies. But my friends don’t like me. (Philip Larkin Quotes) What was the rock my gliding childhood struck (Philip Larkin Quotes) Something, like nothing, happens anywhere (Philip Larkin Quotes) ...the breath that sharpens life is life itself... (Philip Larkin Quotes) Boys dream of native girls who bring breadfruit, Whatever they are.... (Philip Larkin Quotes) The difficult part of love Is being selfish enough.... (Philip Larkin Quotes) Death: the anaesthetic from which none come round (Philip Larkin Quotes) I’m terrified of the thought of time passing (or whatever is meant by that phrase) whether I ‘do’ anything or not. In a way I may believe, deep down, that doing nothing acts as a brake on ‘time’s - it doesn’t of course. It merely adds the torment of having done nothing, when the time comes when it really doesn’t matter if you’ve done anything or not (Philip Larkin Quotes) I didn’t choose poetry: poetry chose me (Philip Larkin Quotes) The way the moon dashes through clouds that blow Loosely as cannon-smoke... Is a reminder of the strength and pain Of being young; that it can’t come again, But is for others undiminished somewhere (Philip Larkin Quotes) I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don’t you think (Philip Larkin Quotes) Get stewed: Books are a load of crap (Philip Larkin Quotes) Superstition, like belief, must die (Philip Larkin Quotes) Life is first boredom, then fear (Philip Larkin Quotes) I think that at the bottom of all art lies the impulse to preserve (Philip Larkin Quotes) What are days for? Days are where we live (Philip Larkin Quotes) Here silence stands Like heat. Here leaves unnoticed thicken, Hidden weeds flower, neglected waters quicken, Luminously-peopled air ascends; And past the poppies bluish neutral distance Ends the land suddenly beyond a beach Of shapes and shingle. Here is unfenced existence: Facing the sun, untalkative, out of reach (Philip Larkin Quotes) What are days for? Days are where we live. They come, they wake us Time and time over. Theyare to be happy in: Where can we live but days? (Philip Larkin Quotes) I listen to money singing, it’s like looking down from long French windows at a provincial town. The slums, the canal, the churches ornate and mad in the evening sun. It is intensely sad (Philip Larkin Quotes) Spring, of all seasons most gratuitous, Is fold of untaught flower, is race of water, Is earth’s most multiple, excited daughter; And those she has least use for see her best, Their paths grown craven and circuitous, Their visions mountain-clear, their needs immodest. (Philip Larkin Quotes) Poetry is an affair of sanity, of seeing things as they are, to recreate the familar,eternalizing the poet’s own poerception in unique and original verbal form. (Philip Larkin Quotes) Courage is no good: It means not scaring others. Being brave Lets no one off the grave. Death is no different whined at than withstood. (Philip Larkin Quotes) Home is so sad. It stays as it was left, / Shaped to the comfort of the last to go / As if to win them back (Philip Larkin Quotes) My mother, who hates thunderstorms, Holds up each summer day and shakes It out suspiciously, lest swarms Of grape-dark clouds are lurking there.... (Philip Larkin Quotes) I wonder love can have already set In dreams, when we’ve not met More times than I can number on one hand. (Philip Larkin Quotes) A writer once said to me, If you ever go to America, go either to the East Coast or the West Coast: The rest is a desert full of bigots. That’s what I think I’d like . . . a version of pastoral. (Philip Larkin Quotes)

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